She says in the past, there's been a pattern in which China complies with sanctions after a North Korean provocation, but then slips back over time. Wang said Tillerson's "Four Nos" promise was a positive signal. The Latest on developments on efforts to ratchet up pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program.

The Hamas delegation arrived in Tehran this weekend to participate in a Saturday swearing-in ceremony for Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani , who beat out hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi in May 19 polls. It also holds vast economic interests in Iran. During his first term, she was one of three women among his large cohort of vice presidents, who...

Up to 94% of trade volume between Thailand and North Korea has been cut from a year ago, Don said. Tillerson is the highest level American diplomat to visit Thailand since a 2014 coup strained ties between the longtime friends and saw China cosy up to Bangkok with massive military sales and infrastructure deals.

Stephen Colbert opened CBS' Late Show with "vacation slides" from Trump's Bedminster trip, showing the president watching cable news in bed and eventually throwing his television out of the window. Duffy said, though, the negative news stories about Trump have been relentless. "Now he judges collusion?" Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump , and...

He was detained after leading police on a chase, speeding through a red light, until they fired a shot at the wheels of the auto to slow him. Officers fired at the car's tyres after it hit two police vehicles, according to Belgian newspaper De Morgen.

While the National Academy of Sciences has signed off on the draft report , the authors now await permission from the Trump administration to formally release it, amid experts' concerns the administration will suppress its findings. They are projected to rise at least 2.5 degrees in the contiguous United States over the next few decades even if ...

The drugs have an estimated street value of up to $810 million. "This result could not have been achieved without the comprehensive and on-going support of our partners in the UAE and the Netherlands; due to their work, we are able to bring these people to account".

She claimed she was drugged and put in a suitcase before she was taken to and held at a remote cabin against her will. Suspicion arose, however, when it was learned that Ayling had gone shopping for groceries and shoes with her captor. The mother-of-one's captor allegedly released her after six days and took her to the British consulate in Mil...

After reports surfaced earlier this year that Trump might be a target of the Mueller investigation, he called it a "witch hunt" and questioned the investigators. Trump came under fire previously for a conversation with Comey in which he asked him to end his investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

The BJP , however, countered the allegations, saying the Congress was making "desperate attempts" as they had "defeat staring them in the face". It is not an electoral crisis. "The Congress party has just got some foreign elements heading the party who don't know anything about India", he added. The attack on the Congress V-P in Gujarat will als...

The Iraqi Defence Ministry declined to comment the incident, while Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking at a press conference Tuesday, said he had spoke with the militia's leadership and that reports of the incident were still being confirmed.

China's deadliest quake this century, a magnitude-7.9 temblor with a depth of 19 kilometers (12 miles), struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing almost 90,000 people. Photos from the area posted to social media showed masses of people milling about on streets scattered with light debris, and a taxi dented from being hit by a large boulder.

McMaster said on Saturday the United States is preparing for all options, including a "preemptive war", to stop North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. "...The army of the DPRK will turn the US mainland into the theatre of a nuclear war before the inviolable land of the DPRK turns into the one", the statement added.

Adrian Pogmore, who was sacked in 2015, plead guilty to four counts of misconduct in a public office, Sky News reported . Pogmore used a $1000-an-hour helicopter "to advance your own sexual curiosities when it should have been detecting crime", he said.

An Alabama mother shared a photo that encapsulates what many kids feel on the first day of school . She said she's joked with the kids all summer that she couldn't wait to have a day to herself. "I was at the school 45 minutes before school got out because I was ready to pick them up". The mom said she had no idea the photo would go viral.

Ten Taliban fighters were also killed, according to Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the provincial Governor. Mirza Olang village in the northern province of Sar-e Pul was seized when insurgent Taliban militants defeated local informal militias last weekend, leaving 50 people dead, majority civilians who were trying to escape the clashes.

While the location of Capernaum , another Galilean fishing village frequently mentioned in the Gospels, was identified in the early 20th century, the location of Bethsaida has remained contested. According to the Roman-period Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Julias was a great city built by the son of Herod the Great on or near the fishing vil...

However, the YPG's release of a video showing the deployment of an ATGM system is controversial, especially because the White House approved the arming of the group in May despite protests from the Turkish government. There have been regular exchanges of rocket and artillery fire in recent weeks between Turkish forces and YPG fighters who control...

Second, the hundreds of a pages of (heavily redacted - more on that below) documents paint a clear picture of a DOJ in crisis mode as the news broke of Attorney General Lynch's meeting with former President Clinton. As several outlets have noted in recent days, emails sent by Post reporter Matt Zapotosky and Times reporter Mark Landler appear t...

Local community members, anti-fascists and supporters of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement, among others, have planned a counter-protest. Hundreds are expected to attend the highly-publicised rally. The demonstration organizers are now embroiled in a dispute with Charlottesville officials, who say they will only give permission for the...